March 12
2019
You want me to do what?
When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. Luke 5:4-6
Sometimes God asks us to do things that we can’t understand; things that absolutely don’t make sense to our natural eyes.
Peter had been out fishing all night.
He was the expert here.
He knew that you didn’t catch fish in the day; especially when you had fished all night in the same spot and came up empty.
However, Peter was willing, at the Word of Jesus, to let down the net and see what would happen. And what happened?
They caught so many fish that their net was breaking and they required help from the surrounding boats.
The Lord sees the big picture.
At best, we only see fragments of the picture at any given time.
When the Lord guides and directs us we can resort to
“you want me to do what?”
and refuse because we don’t understand the plan, or we,
like Peter, can answer,
“nevertheless, at Your word”
and lower the net and watch with amazement at what the Lord will do!
Question for Discussion Group:
Have you ever responded to direction from the Lord with, “You want me to do what?” Were you able to step out in faith as Peter did? What happened as a result?